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The First Book of Moses,

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Genesis

Ezekiel 3.0:

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Ezekiel 3.1: 1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 3.2: 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.

Ezekiel 3.3: 3 He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.”

Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Ezekiel 3.4: 4 He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

Ezekiel 3.5: 5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 3.6: 6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

Ezekiel 3.7: 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

Ezekiel 3.8: 8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.

Ezekiel 3.9: 9 I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

Ezekiel 3.10: 10 Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you.

Ezekiel 3.11: 11 Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.

Ezekiel 3.12: 12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”

Ezekiel 3.13: 13 I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.

Ezekiel 3.14: 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.

Ezekiel 3.15: 15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

Ezekiel 3.16: 16 At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 3.17: 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

Ezekiel 3.18: 18 When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

Ezekiel 3.19: 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”

Ezekiel 3.20: 20 “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.

Ezekiel 3.21: 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”

Ezekiel 3.22: 22 Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”

Ezekiel 3.23: 23 Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.

Ezekiel 3.24: 24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

Ezekiel 3.25: 25 But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.

Ezekiel 3.26: 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute, and will not be able to correct them; for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3.27: 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”

1 Corinthians 2.0:

2

1 Corinthians 2.1: 1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

1 Corinthians 2.2: 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2.3: 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 2.4: 4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Corinthians 2.5: 5 that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2.6: 6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

1 Corinthians 2.7: 7 But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

1 Corinthians 2.8: 8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 2.9: 9 But as it is written,

“Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear,

which didn’t enter into the heart of man,

these God has prepared for those who love him.”

1 Corinthians 2.10: 10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2.11: 11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2.12: 12 But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

1 Corinthians 2.13: 13 We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

1 Corinthians 2.14: 14 Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2.15: 15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

1 Corinthians 2.16: 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

1 Maccabees 11.0:

11

1 Maccabees 11.1: 1 And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom.

1 Maccabees 11.2: 2 And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cities opened to him, and met him; For king Alexander’s commandment was that they should meet him, because he was his father-in-law.

1 Maccabees 11.3: 3 Now as he entered into the cities of Ptolemais, he set his forces for a garrison in each city.

1 Maccabees 11.4: 4 But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and the pasture lands thereof pulled down, and the bodies cast abroad, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way.

1 Maccabees 11.5: 5 And they told the king what things Jonathan had done, that they might cast blame on him: and the king held his peace.

1 Maccabees 11.6: 6 And Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they saluted one another, and they slept there.

1 Maccabees 11.7: 7 And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river that is called Eleutherus, and returned to Jerusalem.

1 Maccabees 11.8: 8 But king Ptolemy became master of the cities upon the sea coast, to Selucia which is by the sea, and he devised evil plans concerning Alexander.

1 Maccabees 11.9: 9 And he sent ambassadors to king Demetrius, saying, Come! Let’s make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom;

1 Maccabees 11.10: 10 for I have repented that I gave my daughter to him, for he sought to kill me.

1 Maccabees 11.11: 11 And he cast blame on him, because he coveted his kingdom.

1 Maccabees 11.12: 12 And taking his daughter from him, he gave her to Demetrius, and was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity was openly seen.

1 Maccabees 11.13: 13 And Ptolemy entered into Antioch, and put on himself the diadem of Asia; and he put two diadems upon his head, the diadem of Egypt and that of Asia.

1 Maccabees 11.14: 14 But king Alexander was in Cilicia at that season, because they of those parts were in revolt.

1 Maccabees 11.15: 15 And Alexander heard of it, and he came against him in war: and Ptolemy led forth his army, and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.

1 Maccabees 11.16: 16 And Alexander fled into Arabia, that he might be sheltered there; but king Ptolemy was exalted.

1 Maccabees 11.17: 17 And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy.

1 Maccabees 11.18: 18 And king Ptolemy died the third day after, and those who were in his strongholds were slain by those who were in the strongholds.

1 Maccabees 11.19: 19 And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and threescore and seventh year.

1 Maccabees 11.20: 20 In those days Jonathan gathered together them of Judea, to take the citadel that was at Jerusalem: and he made many engines of war against it.

1 Maccabees 11.21: 21 And certain that hated their own nation, men that transgressed the law, went to the king, and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.

1 Maccabees 11.22: 22 And he heard, and was angered; but when he heard it, he set forth immediately, and came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege it, and that he should meet him and speak with him at Ptolemais with all speed.

1 Maccabees 11.23: 23 But when Jonathan heard this, he commanded to besiege it still: and he chose certain of the elders of Israel and of the priests, and put himself in peril,

1 Maccabees 11.24: 24 and taking silver and gold and raiment and various presents besides, went to Ptolemais to the king. And he found favor in his sight.

1 Maccabees 11.25: 25 And certain lawless men of those who were of the nation made complaints against him,

1 Maccabees 11.26: 26 and the king did to him even as his predecessors had done to him, and exalted him in the sight of all his Friends,

1 Maccabees 11.27: 27 and confirmed to him the high priesthood, and all the other honors that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his Chief Friends.

1 Maccabees 11.28: 28 And Jonathan requested of the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three provinces, and the country of Samaria; and promised him three hundred talents.

1 Maccabees 11.29: 29 And the king consented, and wrote letters to Jonathan concerning all these things after this manner:

1 Maccabees 11.30: 30 King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

1 Maccabees 11.31: 31 The copy of the letter which we wrote to Lasthenes our kinsman concerning you, we have written also to you, that you° may see it.

1 Maccabees 11.32: 32 King Demetrius to Lasthenes his father, greeting:

1 Maccabees 11.33: 33 We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and observe what is just toward us, because of their good will toward us.

1 Maccabees 11.34: 34 We have confirmed therefore to them the borders of Judea, and also the three governments of Aphaerema and Lydda and Ramathaim (these were added to Judea from the country of Samaria), and all things appertaining to them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the king’s dues which the king received of them yearly aforetime from the produce of the earth and the fruits of trees.

1 Maccabees 11.35: 35 And as for the other things that pertain to us from henceforth, of the tenths and the tolls that pertain to us, and the salt pits, and the crowns that pertain to us, all these we will bestow upon them.

1 Maccabees 11.36: 36 And not one of these things shall be annulled from this time forth and forever.

1 Maccabees 11.37: 37 Now therefore be careful to make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and let it be set up on the holy mount in a meet and conspicuous place.

1 Maccabees 11.38: 38 And king Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made to him, and he sent away all his forces, each man to his own place, except the foreign forces, which he had raised from the isles of the Gentiles: and all the forces of his fathers hated him.

1 Maccabees 11.39: 39 Now Tryphon was of those who aforetime had been of Alexander’s part, and he saw that all the forces murmured against Demetrius, and he went to Imalcue the Arabian, who was nourishing up Antiochus the young child of Alexander,

1 Maccabees 11.40: 40 and pressed sore upon him that he should deliver him to him, that he might reign in his father’s stead: and he told him all that Demetrius had done, and the hatred wherewith his forces hated him; and he abode there many days.

1 Maccabees 11.41: 41 And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius, that he should cast out of Jerusalem them of the citadel, and those who were in the strongholds; for they fought against Israel continually.

1 Maccabees 11.42: 42 And Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this for you and your nation, but I will greatly honor you and your nation, if I find fair occasion.

1 Maccabees 11.43: 43 Now therefore you shall do well, if you send me men who shall fight for me; for all my forces are revolted.

1 Maccabees 11.44: 44 And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch: and they came to the king, and the king was glad at their coming.

1 Maccabees 11.45: 45 And they of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and they were minded to kill the king.

1 Maccabees 11.46: 46 And the king fled into the court of the palace, and they of the city seized the passages of the city, and began to fight.

1 Maccabees 11.47: 47 And the king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day to the number of a hundred thousand.

1 Maccabees 11.48: 48 And they set the city on fire, and got many spoils that day, and saved the king.

1 Maccabees 11.49: 49 And they of the city saw that the Jews had made themselves masters of the city as they would, and they waxed faint in their hearts, and they cried out to the king with supplication, saying,

1 Maccabees 11.50: 50 Give us your right hand, and let the Jews cease from fighting against us and the city.

1 Maccabees 11.51: 51 And they cast away their arms, and made peace; and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and before all that were in his kingdom; and they returned to Jerusalem, having many spoils.

1 Maccabees 11.52: 52 And king Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.

1 Maccabees 11.53: 53 And he lied in all that he spoke, and estranged himself from Jonathan, and recompensed him not according to the benefits with which he had recompensed him, and afflicted him exceedingly.

1 Maccabees 11.54: 54 Now after this Tryphon returned, and with him the young child Antiochus; and he reigned, and put on a diadem.

1 Maccabees 11.55: 55 And there were gathered to him all the forces which Demetrius had sent away with disgrace, and they fought against him, and he fled and was put to the rout.

1 Maccabees 11.56: 56 And Tryphon took the elephants, and became master of Antioch.

1 Maccabees 11.57: 57 And the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, I confirm to you the high priesthood, and appoint you over the four governments, and to be one of the king’s Friends.

1 Maccabees 11.58: 58 And he sent to him golden vessels and furniture for the table, and gave him leave to drink in golden vessels, and to be clothed in purple, and to have a golden buckle.

1 Maccabees 11.59: 59 And his brother Simon he made captain from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.

1 Maccabees 11.60: 60 And Jonathan went forth, and took his journey beyond the river and through the cities; and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves to him for to be his allies. And he came to Ascalon, and they of the city met him honorably.

1 Maccabees 11.61: 61 And he departed thence to Gaza, and they of Gaza shut him out; and he laid siege to it, and burned the pasture lands thereof with fire, and plundered them.

1 Maccabees 11.62: 62 And they of Gaza made request to Jonathan, and he gave them his right hand, and took the sons of their princes for hostages, and sent them away to Jerusalem; and he passed through the country as far as Damascus.

1 Maccabees 11.63: 63 And Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes were come to Kedesh, which is in Galilee, with a great army, purposing to remove him from his office;

1 Maccabees 11.64: 64 and he went to meet them, but Simon his brother he left in the country.

1 Maccabees 11.65: 65 And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and shut it up:

1 Maccabees 11.66: 66 and they made request to him that he would give them his right hand, and he gave it to them; and he put them out from thence, and took possession of the city, and set a garrison over it.

1 Maccabees 11.67: 67 And Jonathan and his army encamped at the water of Gennesareth, and early in the morning they got them to the plain of Hazor.

1 Maccabees 11.68: 68 And, behold, an army of strangers met him in the plain, and they laid an ambush for him in the mountains, but themselves met him face to face.

1 Maccabees 11.69: 69 But those who lay in ambush rose out of their places, and joined battle; and all those who were of Jonathan’s side fled:

1 Maccabees 11.70: 70 not one of them was left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Chalphi, captains of the forces.

1 Maccabees 11.71: 71 And Jonathan tore his clothes, and put earth upon his head, and prayed.

1 Maccabees 11.72: 72 And he turned again to them in battle, and put them to the rout, and they fled.

1 Maccabees 11.73: 73 And they of his side that fled saw it, and returned to him, and pursued with him to Kedesh to their camp, and they encamped there.

1 Maccabees 11.74: 74 And there fell of the strangers on that day about three thousand men: and Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.